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have two stories about continuing unrest in the middle east, beginning with the political crisis in egypt. >> suarez: then, in her final report from turkey, margaret warner looks at the growing clout of syria's kurdish minority, and the impact that's having on the other side of the border. >> brown: when does a co-worker count as a supervisor? that question was before the supreme court today in a case about harassment. marcia coyle explains. >> suarez: and we examine new figures from the pew research center showing that young voters played a decisive role reelecting president obama. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station
have two stories about continuing unrest in the middle east, beginning with the political crisis in egypt. >> suarez: then, in her final report from turkey, margaret warner looks at the growing clout of syria's kurdish minority, and the impact that's having on the other side of the border. >> brown: when does a co-worker count as a supervisor? that question was before the supreme court today in a case about harassment. marcia coyle explains. >> suarez: and we examine new...
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that egypt wants from us. not only u.s. aid, but help in getting this imf loan. and i think however this is resolved, because it's not going to resolve the long-term problem, perhaps it can help clarify hopefully in a good way the egyptian role. it could open up and just shatter that long-term linchpin of stability in the mideast between egypt and israel. >> woodruff: do you see a role for the u.s. in the short term? >> yes. in explaining quietly to egypt the essential nature of keeping the peace troty with israel and calming down the situation and probably the same quietly for israel which has, of course, bigger news -- --. >> i would say i think syria remains the most fragile thing. the explosion of syria would spill into everything else. so our role, i don't know what our role is in syria but i have a feeling our attention will be focused wherever it is. >> woodruff: margaret's reporting was excellent tonight. the two of you were excellent, ruth marcus, david brooks, thank you both. >> brown: and finally to
that egypt wants from us. not only u.s. aid, but help in getting this imf loan. and i think however this is resolved, because it's not going to resolve the long-term problem, perhaps it can help clarify hopefully in a good way the egyptian role. it could open up and just shatter that long-term linchpin of stability in the mideast between egypt and israel. >> woodruff: do you see a role for the u.s. in the short term? >> yes. in explaining quietly to egypt the essential nature of...
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this is the road map for egypt's future. and i think the heady first days of the revolution, many people imagine quite a sweeping overhaul of egypt's institutions. that's not going to happen. after a rather convoluted transition process and around pretty tight deadline the drafters have decided to start with egypt's former constitution and tinker with that. they didn't look around the world and find the best possible models and start from scratch and put something together. they've been sort of twisting and turning the old constitution to try to tweak it to work better and they have done some things that everyone here wanted. they're ending the old imperial presidency that hosni mubarak and his predecessors used to rule over egypt. they're barring torture, ending detention without trial. on a lot of other areas it's a little bit of a muddle. there are protections for individual rights but also rather expansive guarantees against insults of individuals or fro fetes or other icons that could clash with freedom of expression an
this is the road map for egypt's future. and i think the heady first days of the revolution, many people imagine quite a sweeping overhaul of egypt's institutions. that's not going to happen. after a rather convoluted transition process and around pretty tight deadline the drafters have decided to start with egypt's former constitution and tinker with that. they didn't look around the world and find the best possible models and start from scratch and put something together. they've been sort of...
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but today, they were aimed at egypt's new leader. in the coastal city of alexandria, opponents set fire to the offices of president mohammed morsi's political party, the muslim brotherhood. there and elsewhere in egypt today, the president's critics and supporters clashed in the streets over his decree yesterday exempting himself from judicial review, and giving him authority to take steps against "threats to the revolution." morsi, egypt's first freely elected president, took office in june. in recent days, he'd garnered worldwide praise for mediating a cease-fire between israel and hamas. today, he told a supportive crowd outside the presidential palace in cairo that granting himself sweeping powers was necessary to prevent figures from the old regime from halting progress. >> ( translated ): i haven't taken a decision to use it against anyone-- to go against anyone is something that i could never be associated with-- or announcing that i am biased towards anyone. however, i must put myself on a clear path that will lead to the ach
but today, they were aimed at egypt's new leader. in the coastal city of alexandria, opponents set fire to the offices of president mohammed morsi's political party, the muslim brotherhood. there and elsewhere in egypt today, the president's critics and supporters clashed in the streets over his decree yesterday exempting himself from judicial review, and giving him authority to take steps against "threats to the revolution." morsi, egypt's first freely elected president, took office...
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. >> suarez: with today's escalation, egypt pressed for an end to the israeli air strikes. today, palestinian president mahmoud abbas asked the arab league to call an urgent meeting to discuss the strikes, and united nations chief ban ki-moon called for a "de-escalation of tensions." >> suarez: for more, i'm joined by phone with sheera frenkel, middle east correspondent for the "times of london" in jerusalem. sheera, we reported on the rising tensions between the israelis and the palestinians in gaza. but was there something in particular that set this off? >> in the last three or four hours that there have been a slowdown in hostilities between israel and the gaza strip. in fact, earlier in today there had been no exchanges of violence across the border. but when i spoke to officials about why they decided to start targeted assassinations and launch the operation in gaza, their answer was actually intelligence data they had received that militants in gaza had been smuggling in more high tech weapons and that it would really create damage to the military arsenal and that th
. >> suarez: with today's escalation, egypt pressed for an end to the israeli air strikes. today, palestinian president mahmoud abbas asked the arab league to call an urgent meeting to discuss the strikes, and united nations chief ban ki-moon called for a "de-escalation of tensions." >> suarez: for more, i'm joined by phone with sheera frenkel, middle east correspondent for the "times of london" in jerusalem. sheera, we reported on the rising tensions between the...
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a short while ago, i spoke with nancy youssef, mcclatchy newspapers' egypt correspondent. nancy yousef, welcome. tell us about those meetings going on in cairo. who is taking part? what's the latest? >> well, we heard a little bit about them today from the head of hamas. we've heard repeated suggestions that they're close to an agreement. we've heard this since saturday. it's being mediated by the egyptians by mohammed morsi and members of his cabinet. it's the first time he's had to negotiate something on this scale since winning the presidency in june. there's an israeli delegation here as well. the negotiations have been happening for a few days now. today we're hearing from people privately that there doesn't seem to be a particular sticking point but that both sides are... that's really being lost is the time that's having to happen between shuttling between two sides that won't face each other in the same room. remember though it's in everybody's interest to keep promising that this cease-fire agreement will come soon because of potential instability. if there isn't
a short while ago, i spoke with nancy youssef, mcclatchy newspapers' egypt correspondent. nancy yousef, welcome. tell us about those meetings going on in cairo. who is taking part? what's the latest? >> well, we heard a little bit about them today from the head of hamas. we've heard repeated suggestions that they're close to an agreement. we've heard this since saturday. it's being mediated by the egyptians by mohammed morsi and members of his cabinet. it's the first time he's had to...
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there were a lot of doubts about how he would lead egypt? whether he would maintain the peace agreement with israel. he can be, based on this performance, i think an important partner for the united states. >> suarez: ambassador burns, hisham melhem, good to talk to you both. >> thank you upon >> brown: and now to the conflict in syria. nato said today that it would consider a turkish request to deploy patriot missiles to protect itself from syrian attacks. turkey and syria share a 560 mile border and after syrian mortar rounds landed in turkish territory, concerns have risen that the civil war fighting could spread further. in margaret warner's latest report, she examines the spill-over that's already happening. >> reporter: nestled up against the border with syria, ceylanpinar, turkey has an all- too-up-close view of the civil war next door, as fighting rages in its syrian twin city of ras- al-ain. for days last week on the syrian side, president bashar al assad's forces fought rebels of the free syrian army, or f.s.a., to control ras-al-a
there were a lot of doubts about how he would lead egypt? whether he would maintain the peace agreement with israel. he can be, based on this performance, i think an important partner for the united states. >> suarez: ambassador burns, hisham melhem, good to talk to you both. >> thank you upon >> brown: and now to the conflict in syria. nato said today that it would consider a turkish request to deploy patriot missiles to protect itself from syrian attacks. turkey and syria...
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"it could," he said, "but first we need to give thanks to president morsi of egypt." across gaza, he's something of a new hero, and they're even impressed in israel. the egyptian president right now the best hope for peacekeeping here. >> egypt was able to regain it's regional role as a regional player, mediating between the israelis and the palestinians in convincing both of them to reach a ceasefire agreement. in the city, the flags, the rallies, talking up victory. in the countryside, the hamas song is, we're going to bomb tel aviv. but away from politics, what about people, lives disrupted by all this? yesterday we filmed awad and his mum sabbah taking shelter in a school in gaza city. frightened, disorientated, a severely disabled boy caught up in all this. today, diplomacy had delivered. sabbah was at home with the family in atatrah. >> it's good that we're okay. i'm very happy i can't believe it, i'm shivering. that face, sabbah said, means he's feeling happy and safe, and with an arm's round from brother mahmoud, and no sound of an explosion. >> sreenivasan: i
"it could," he said, "but first we need to give thanks to president morsi of egypt." across gaza, he's something of a new hero, and they're even impressed in israel. the egyptian president right now the best hope for peacekeeping here. >> egypt was able to regain it's regional role as a regional player, mediating between the israelis and the palestinians in convincing both of them to reach a ceasefire agreement. in the city, the flags, the rallies, talking up victory....
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here is egypt. prior to the time that the new egypt emerged in the last years of the mubarak regime was playing less and less of a role within the region. now here we have president morsi even though he's a new egyptian president and the preoccupation is primarily internal and economic, the fact is he's the one who is brokering this... >> brown: is it even more than hillary clinton. you were saying she comes in and plays this role of sort of repository, but is it more the egyptians who are the power brokers here? >> yes. brown: really? ecause the egyptians have a relationship with hamas. what's interesting, notwithstanding that this is a new egyptian government that is dominated by theÑi muslim brotherhood and the muslim brotherhood has been fundamentally hostile to israel. to recognize where they are in the region, to recognize they have to preserve the peace treaty with israel, here they are brokering between hamas and israel. it's a new role for this government but it also shows that they're pla
here is egypt. prior to the time that the new egypt emerged in the last years of the mubarak regime was playing less and less of a role within the region. now here we have president morsi even though he's a new egyptian president and the preoccupation is primarily internal and economic, the fact is he's the one who is brokering this... >> brown: is it even more than hillary clinton. you were saying she comes in and plays this role of sort of repository, but is it more the egyptians who...
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statistics on income inequality now suggest tha inequality is hig tr in the united states than it is in egypt. that's quite a journey from where we were when i was growing up. >> right now i think it's where 're seeing the kind of better fruit of winner-take-all politics because the financial crisis was not an act of god or work of nature. it was brought on by poor decisions that were made in washington and on wall street. yes, there's a global dimension of this but a big part of it was failures of domestic policy. if you look to our northern neighbor, canada, it had nothing like the same definition banking crisis as the united states did and that's partly because it had much more effective regulations of the financial sector. you know over this period that we saw lerage and speculation increasing on wall street, washington, both democrats ande republicans, were trying as hard as they could to allow wall street to do even more. >> so rewinner-take-all politic has produced a winner-take-all economy, right? >> yes. > ye. >> and the winners are? >> the winners are those who've made out so well i
statistics on income inequality now suggest tha inequality is hig tr in the united states than it is in egypt. that's quite a journey from where we were when i was growing up. >> right now i think it's where 're seeing the kind of better fruit of winner-take-all politics because the financial crisis was not an act of god or work of nature. it was brought on by poor decisions that were made in washington and on wall street. yes, there's a global dimension of this but a big part of it was...
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protesters in egypt staged nationwide rallies today against egyptian president mohamed morsi and his muslim brotherhood. in cairo, more than 100,000 people filled tahrir square to condemn morsi's decree that makes his decisions immune to judicial review. earlier, there were clashes between protesters and police. the rallies were some of the largest since the overthrow of president hosni mubarak last year. in syria, government warplanes bombed towns in the north and east, in the face of new advances by rebel fighters. in one attack, the planes dropped barrels filled with explosives and gasoline just west of idlib city. reports of the dead ranged from five to 20. the regime is using intensive air raids to try to beat back rebel gains. forensic experts took samples from the remains of yasser arafat today, hoping to determine once and for all if the late palestinian leader was poisoned. arafat died in 2004. his body was briefly exhumed today in ramallah, on the west bank. we have a report from john ray of independent television news. >> reporter: eight years after they buried him they se
protesters in egypt staged nationwide rallies today against egyptian president mohamed morsi and his muslim brotherhood. in cairo, more than 100,000 people filled tahrir square to condemn morsi's decree that makes his decisions immune to judicial review. earlier, there were clashes between protesters and police. the rallies were some of the largest since the overthrow of president hosni mubarak last year. in syria, government warplanes bombed towns in the north and east, in the face of new...
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and the top appellate courts in egypt went on strike against president muhammad morsi's move to assume near-absolute power. morsi planned to address the egyptian people tomorrow. >> warner: online, we continue our series on social entrepreneurs with a profile of a woman who's breaking taboos. hari sreenivasan has more. >> sreenivasan: harvard business school graduate elizabeth scharpf launched sustainable health enterprises. it helps women in low-income countries to jump start businesses to manufacture and distribute affordable feminine hygiene products. find her story on our social entrepreneurs page. plus, on making sense, paul solman breaks down the pros and cons of investing in i-bonds versus 403(b) retirement savings plans. all that and more is on our web site newshour.pbs.org. margaret? >> warner: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. on thursday, another in our series of conversations with incoming senators. tomorrow, we'll talk with jeff flake, a republican from arizona. i'm margaret warner. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. we'll see you online and again here tomorrow evening.
and the top appellate courts in egypt went on strike against president muhammad morsi's move to assume near-absolute power. morsi planned to address the egyptian people tomorrow. >> warner: online, we continue our series on social entrepreneurs with a profile of a woman who's breaking taboos. hari sreenivasan has more. >> sreenivasan: harvard business school graduate elizabeth scharpf launched sustainable health enterprises. it helps women in low-income countries to jump start...
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egypt was in fear that egypt would end the peace treaty. that is one reason why israel feels it's calibrating carefully the attack on gaza.poised on th of gaz yachlt they're trying this pinpointed air attacks and also attacks from the sea. they resumed the policy of targeted assassinations against hamas leaders. they want very much to end the threat from gaza. but they also do not want a ground invasion partly because of the cost and also because they don't want to alienate egypt. so this is a very dachg us ange moment for this region. >> we know that they have great familiarity with attacks on two fronts. lebanon in the past and attacks from the south. again now with the new conflict that appears to be growing between israel and the golan heights and its border in syria. is there any concern that there may be new issues on the northern front as well? >> well, there is great concern. it doesn't seem too likely at the moment. as a matter of fact, by the way, a few minutes ago, maybe within the last hour, an israeli soldier there was a report
egypt was in fear that egypt would end the peace treaty. that is one reason why israel feels it's calibrating carefully the attack on gaza.poised on th of gaz yachlt they're trying this pinpointed air attacks and also attacks from the sea. they resumed the policy of targeted assassinations against hamas leaders. they want very much to end the threat from gaza. but they also do not want a ground invasion partly because of the cost and also because they don't want to alienate egypt. so this is a...
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egypt was in fear that egypt would end the peace treaty. that is one reason why israel feels it's calibrating carefully the attack on gaza.poised on th of gaz yachlt they're trying this pinpointed air attacks and also attacks from the sea. they resumed the policy of targeted assassinations against hamas leaders. they want very much to end the threat from gaza. but they also do not want a ground invasion partly because of the cost and also because they don't want to alienate egypt. so this is a very dachg us ange moment for this region. >> we know that they have great familiarity with attacks on two fronts. lebanon in the past and attacks from the south. again now with the new conflict that appears to be growing between israel and the golan heights and its border in syria. is there any concern that there may be new issues on the northern front as well? >> well, there is great concern. it doesn't seem too likely at the moment. as a matter of fact, by the way, a few minutes ago, maybe within the last hour, an israeli soldier there was a report
egypt was in fear that egypt would end the peace treaty. that is one reason why israel feels it's calibrating carefully the attack on gaza.poised on th of gaz yachlt they're trying this pinpointed air attacks and also attacks from the sea. they resumed the policy of targeted assassinations against hamas leaders. they want very much to end the threat from gaza. but they also do not want a ground invasion partly because of the cost and also because they don't want to alienate egypt. so this is a...
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and the us isn't bad egypt has stood by its its peace treaty with israel so i would say so far so good and on iraq you know it didn't turn out as the bush administration had hoped for i agree with what john said that this is a government that is day by day getting more centralized and perhaps even autocratic what do we do about it are we supposed to invade again and spend another ten years in iraq trying to get them to some point it's i think you know one has why the length of a challenge and why oh why do americans have to get in and can take root only from the bottom up why why does america have to get people to a certain point ok why peter you know i like to challenge a little bit the way you've been talking about the subject you keep constantly for a minute is american democracy promotion the interesting thing is that almost every establish democracy in the world whether it's brazil india korea spain australia canada engages in different kinds of international support for democracy there's a tendency i think particularly from the russian point of view to see this sort of democracy
and the us isn't bad egypt has stood by its its peace treaty with israel so i would say so far so good and on iraq you know it didn't turn out as the bush administration had hoped for i agree with what john said that this is a government that is day by day getting more centralized and perhaps even autocratic what do we do about it are we supposed to invade again and spend another ten years in iraq trying to get them to some point it's i think you know one has why the length of a challenge and...
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and they have been very clear that egypt has a relationship, they have the credibility and influence in the region to push hamas to stop the attacks. now, there is also a fair amount of funding being held up in washington right now that the egyptians need very immediately. remember, they weren't just one of the top recipients of foreign aid. they have a funding crisis. they have literally been to the point where they have had problems paying bills. so there is some immediate leverage to gets them to act immediately. whether that ends up being effective or not is another question. >> schieffer: well, do we think the administration-- obviously, i would guess they're advising the israelis not to invade. but what beyond that are they trying to do? is this an opening to start a-- the peace process to get it started again, david? >> bob, if-- if-- if mursi, and turkey, the key players, in working toward a cease-fire, we're likely to have a cease-fire. we'll either have a cease-fire or israeli invasion. if there is a cease-fire that is the kind of thing that can be a building block. if you
and they have been very clear that egypt has a relationship, they have the credibility and influence in the region to push hamas to stop the attacks. now, there is also a fair amount of funding being held up in washington right now that the egyptians need very immediately. remember, they weren't just one of the top recipients of foreign aid. they have a funding crisis. they have literally been to the point where they have had problems paying bills. so there is some immediate leverage to gets...
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decree divided egypt and even bought a. civil war unfortunately this president is doing the very same things for which. before the. dictatorship this is what we are looking at now the egyptian people are saying no to the new. state of looking at this crowd you cannot tell who is muslim or christian who is liberal leftist this is the real people are saying no to religious fascism making the president above the law the president and the muslim brotherhood behind him have already lost their credibility they have promised so many things in the past and they never kept their promises that's why most of these people are in the streets they were talking about over a million up to now because they are not happy with. so the egyptian president and where he's taking the country is the focus of debate on peta levels cross talk show coming up later this hour but the president was elected democratically elected and he has a mandate for change to support that he has. done we don't have a lot to worry about of course is going to be watch
decree divided egypt and even bought a. civil war unfortunately this president is doing the very same things for which. before the. dictatorship this is what we are looking at now the egyptian people are saying no to the new. state of looking at this crowd you cannot tell who is muslim or christian who is liberal leftist this is the real people are saying no to religious fascism making the president above the law the president and the muslim brotherhood behind him have already lost their...
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let's get more perspective on those events in egypt from islamic studies expert dr kevin. should a leader whose efforts ended the gaza conflict and help reach a cease fire with israel be allowed to assume more power. now it's a very interesting question of course that's ultimately for the ija to shoot people to decide. personally my thoughts are over president morsi should be given a chance but he may have been overreaching with this particular law or i do think that the forces of destabilization in the middle east which as we all know are the scientists that is the israeli lobby both israel and here in the us where they completely dominate us foreign policy wants to destabilize the middle east and i think they would be happy to have egypt fall into chaos street fighting for the next ten years would suit them just fine because then they'll be able to continue to oppress the palestinian people and to exert more and more power in the region. you say could be a reach around here he says he's protecting the revolution and others are saying this could indeed be relit democratic
let's get more perspective on those events in egypt from islamic studies expert dr kevin. should a leader whose efforts ended the gaza conflict and help reach a cease fire with israel be allowed to assume more power. now it's a very interesting question of course that's ultimately for the ija to shoot people to decide. personally my thoughts are over president morsi should be given a chance but he may have been overreaching with this particular law or i do think that the forces of...
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he was investing a lot of his own capital with president obama was in this new partner in egypt. pete: speaking of key players, can you tell us about secretary clinton's role in all this and how that's played out? >> they were on their last buddy-buddy trip, president obama and secretary clinton and in bangkok together and visiting the reclining buddha. they were making jokes about the 2016. and joe biden's head was exploding back here. and suddenly she's on a plane zipping out of phnom penh to say we're on our way and directly involve ourselves in this. she has not played this shuttle diplomacy role in the middle east quite the way that some of her predecessors had, right? obviously kissinger and jim baker and condi rice to various stents have been these -- back and forth missions. this is her first one in her own twilight days as secretary of state. she's getting ready to step down come inauguration in january. >> and what do you think the relationship between obama and morsi tells us about the future for the region? >> well, they see this as a possible key to beginning to unlo
he was investing a lot of his own capital with president obama was in this new partner in egypt. pete: speaking of key players, can you tell us about secretary clinton's role in all this and how that's played out? >> they were on their last buddy-buddy trip, president obama and secretary clinton and in bangkok together and visiting the reclining buddha. they were making jokes about the 2016. and joe biden's head was exploding back here. and suddenly she's on a plane zipping out of phnom...
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well as stops these assassinations and these stipulations were made during the meeting between and and egypt and its actions in cairo and also heard of another peace proposal put forward by to keep in which it says it to egypt the united states and russia should be involved in soho teigne peace plans if it needs to be said and that it's not very clear that either side really is ready for a cease fire so to say that they are ready but only if the other stops and we've really seen an attempt to see. when the egyptian prime minister visited gaza recently and during his visit that so-called cease fire was broken both sides. breaking its suit so it doesn't seem at this stage that any kind of c.s.i. is on the plans israel has been moving its tanks as well as its armored personnel vehicles have been down the israeli gaza border for several days now and this does raise the whole question of whether nothing is going to be an imminent ground operation did see some seventy five thousand israeli caught. in the last few hours at the same time we also are hearing course that israeli officials have been me
well as stops these assassinations and these stipulations were made during the meeting between and and egypt and its actions in cairo and also heard of another peace proposal put forward by to keep in which it says it to egypt the united states and russia should be involved in soho teigne peace plans if it needs to be said and that it's not very clear that either side really is ready for a cease fire so to say that they are ready but only if the other stops and we've really seen an attempt to...
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the president of egypt is actually trying to broker a peace deal between hamas and israel. we hear today that the israeli cabinet was voting on a plan with egyptian president lamb. as dangerous as the situation is, i think it at the end of the day, nobody wants a serious war. that is why i think oil traders will think we will pull back it seems like i was more focused today. we took a deep breath as we got through the weekend. i think there is hope that a cease-fire would get back in place. but i think it is tenuous. especially with iran and al qaeda. gerri: katiemac, what do you think? >> i don't think they want a peace agreement until they knock out the rockets. they want the option of a preemptive strike. had they have they retaliate? unleashing 10,000 missiles against israel in a garage they can defend. that is why so important. gerri: where are oil prices going? >> going higher for the rest of the year. especially if we plan for the fiscal cliff. right now the market is going to start focusing more on the value of the dollar currency. the interesting thing is watching
the president of egypt is actually trying to broker a peace deal between hamas and israel. we hear today that the israeli cabinet was voting on a plan with egyptian president lamb. as dangerous as the situation is, i think it at the end of the day, nobody wants a serious war. that is why i think oil traders will think we will pull back it seems like i was more focused today. we took a deep breath as we got through the weekend. i think there is hope that a cease-fire would get back in place. but...
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is egypt headed for a muslim brother take over. that is the fears of morsi crashing in streets of cairo. today's protest are not that high emotions remain raw in prepation of morsi. top judges are calling itun precedent they are calling morsi the modern day favor and fearing that he would be a dictator. i am uma live in washington. america's news head quarters starts right now. in response to the opposition in the streets was cairo. the muslim brotherhood is calling for a protest in cairo. they are joining with the latest on the developing story. steve. uma right now we are looking at what could be a show down between morsi and the country's judges here in cairo and others in the country. they say they will sphop work until the new president repeals his thursday decree that gave him the power to issue laws without oversight ask chance of them being over turned by the courts. the judges say he's trying to put himself above the law. it will be interesting to see whether all legal prosecutions come to a halt. numbers are fall down tod
is egypt headed for a muslim brother take over. that is the fears of morsi crashing in streets of cairo. today's protest are not that high emotions remain raw in prepation of morsi. top judges are calling itun precedent they are calling morsi the modern day favor and fearing that he would be a dictator. i am uma live in washington. america's news head quarters starts right now. in response to the opposition in the streets was cairo. the muslim brotherhood is calling for a protest in cairo. they...
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civilian casualties and damage as a result that is also the fear now also diplomatic going to cations egypt has been outraged by this by this offensive as we've drawn it sound buses to israel and has demanded that they stop this immediately as has mahmoud abbas the public palestinian president other outside bodies such as the u.n. also calling for restraint on all sides. here now is that there will be a further escalation with ground troops going in as well. on boston in tel aviv tom many thanks indeed for that update. and you i think there is a council has held an adjunct closed door meeting after palestinians called for an end to israel's offensive and he's going to check our reports from washington the u.s. is supporting israel despite day escalating violence. well you know we had the u.s. response to the shelling of gaza was easy to predict and it says we stand by our partners in their fight to defend themselves against terrorism end of quote the u.s. representative to the u.n. susan rice has released a statement saying that it was expressing regret to the death and injury of innocent c
civilian casualties and damage as a result that is also the fear now also diplomatic going to cations egypt has been outraged by this by this offensive as we've drawn it sound buses to israel and has demanded that they stop this immediately as has mahmoud abbas the public palestinian president other outside bodies such as the u.n. also calling for restraint on all sides. here now is that there will be a further escalation with ground troops going in as well. on boston in tel aviv tom many...
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is it important for the united states to invest in egypt, for the private sector to invest in egypt, for the government to invest in learning about egypt? absolutely, yes. is it important for the united states government to help libya develop with the education that the ambassador mentioned and the clinics and the investment the roads and the alternative industries? absolutely crucial to do this. we need to focus on this. it could help to have coalitions with the europeans. but the europeans are in a somewhat perilous situation right now. we need to keep an eye on the ball here. we may be in a moment of debt and deficit in this country, but with the natural gas and oil mentioned earlier today all of this could be resolved. we are coming back as a country. this whole business is over with in six to eight years if we do the right thing. we need to keep in play our private sector needs to keep in play. if we don't, we are going to lose big time. and my sense is in the intermediate period where the government can't do all this, the private sector needs to step in, and the government need
is it important for the united states to invest in egypt, for the private sector to invest in egypt, for the government to invest in learning about egypt? absolutely, yes. is it important for the united states government to help libya develop with the education that the ambassador mentioned and the clinics and the investment the roads and the alternative industries? absolutely crucial to do this. we need to focus on this. it could help to have coalitions with the europeans. but the europeans...
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assess the humanitarian situation on the ground and deal with what they say is an increasing crisis not egypt has been playing and mediate we have heard from the egyptian president mohammed morsi that he things a ceasefire will be reached soon and must has to stop on and it's onions role if the jewish state in the blockade that it's had in place on gaza as well as stops these assassinations and these stipulations were made during a meeting between i'm asked in a goods and egypt officials in cairo and also heard of another peace proposal put forward by to keep in which it says it to egypt the united states and russia should be involved in brokering some obtain is peace plan so it needs to be said that it's not very clear that either side really is ready for a cease fire so to say that they are ready but only if the other stops and we've already seen an attempted. when the egyptian prime minister visited gaza recently and during his visit that so-called cease fire was broken both sides. breaking its suit so it doesn't seem at this stage that any kind of c.s.i. is on the plans israel has been mo
assess the humanitarian situation on the ground and deal with what they say is an increasing crisis not egypt has been playing and mediate we have heard from the egyptian president mohammed morsi that he things a ceasefire will be reached soon and must has to stop on and it's onions role if the jewish state in the blockade that it's had in place on gaza as well as stops these assassinations and these stipulations were made during a meeting between i'm asked in a goods and egypt officials in...
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reports of tear gas fired at a mass protest against egypt's president in cairo's tahrir square as a leader is accused of staging a coup by granting himself. powers. one palestinian is killed and more than a dozen wounded by israeli gunfire near the border with gaza in the bloodiest violation yet of the fragile truce. and the e.u. leaders clash over the budget with some nations digging their heels in to avoid forking out more cash than they're a sturdy. worldviews line from our moscow headquarters you're watching our t.v. with me lucy catherine of well on to our top story now egypt's security forces have fired tear gas during a rally against president mohamed morsi and talk we are square thousands have taken to the street across the country reacting to calls for a nationwide demonstrations from opposition leaders the outrage is driven by a new decree by the president granting himself a wider range of powers his decisions can no longer be repealed by any authority including the judiciary the move has been slammed as a coup against legitimacy of the opposition claiming that the president has
reports of tear gas fired at a mass protest against egypt's president in cairo's tahrir square as a leader is accused of staging a coup by granting himself. powers. one palestinian is killed and more than a dozen wounded by israeli gunfire near the border with gaza in the bloodiest violation yet of the fragile truce. and the e.u. leaders clash over the budget with some nations digging their heels in to avoid forking out more cash than they're a sturdy. worldviews line from our moscow...
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unrelenting protests in egypt as christians and liberals boycott the vote on a new constitution fearing that document will only cement the president and the muslim brotherhood's grip on power. around nine feels the bailout hate with media and lawmakers blasting chancellor merkel for concealing the true cost of saving grace. and i welcome you watching r.t. live from moscow now it's crunch time for palestinians eagerly anticipating a u.n. vote which may finally see them granted long sought after statehood the autonomy is hoping to be upgraded to the position of non member observer state hundreds of people flooded the streets of ramallah in support of the bid submitted by authorities in the west bank the palestinian leadership is optimistic about the outcome despite strong opposition from the u.s. and israel gaza based activist harry fear reports on why success at the u.n. is so important for palestinians. the end of the day we have in here in the middle east we have an israeli state and then we have a normal palestinian state or simply palestinian territories the palestinian people do not
unrelenting protests in egypt as christians and liberals boycott the vote on a new constitution fearing that document will only cement the president and the muslim brotherhood's grip on power. around nine feels the bailout hate with media and lawmakers blasting chancellor merkel for concealing the true cost of saving grace. and i welcome you watching r.t. live from moscow now it's crunch time for palestinians eagerly anticipating a u.n. vote which may finally see them granted long sought after...
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top hamas military leader and as we know this afternoon seven were dead two of which were children egypt's muslim brotherhood has condemned israel's aggressive response to hamas rockets threatening to pull the egyptian ambassador from israel the muslim brotherhood's political wing via j.-p. said in a statement that israel's return to the policy of assignation of leaders of the palestinian struggle groups shows that the israeli occupation wants to drag the region toward instability the statement added that the occupying state has to understand that the changes the arab region especially egypt have witnessed will not permit the palestinian people be put under the hold of the israeli offensive in the same way as in the past what's perhaps most troubling is the deafening silence from the old. obama administration just today obama gave his first press conference since being reelected where he touched upon a whole range of global issues and unsurprisingly there was no mention of the declaration of war against america's closest ally in the middle east unsurprising because it goes without saying t
top hamas military leader and as we know this afternoon seven were dead two of which were children egypt's muslim brotherhood has condemned israel's aggressive response to hamas rockets threatening to pull the egyptian ambassador from israel the muslim brotherhood's political wing via j.-p. said in a statement that israel's return to the policy of assignation of leaders of the palestinian struggle groups shows that the israeli occupation wants to drag the region toward instability the statement...
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just five months after the president took power, egypt's fragile democracy is facing its first major test. >> for more, we go live to our correspondent in cairo. thousands of people are still out at tahrir square. what more can you tell us? >> yes, there have been at least 16 people injured in ongoing clashes. yes, tahrir square is packed with thousands of protesters that still converging on to the square from various points across cairo. dozens of civil society groups have called for these protests, and today, we see there are members of workers' unions, lawyers, and journalists, people from all walks of life converging on the square. it is actually a really impressive show of unity by the opposition that has been certified of the past month, and that morsi has managed to unite with his decree for the first time. they also call for the fall of the regime and president, and it is the same chant we heard during the 18-day uprising against mubarak in 2011, and that only six months after he took office. >> thanks very much for that. earlier today, the grave of yasir arafat was briefly o
just five months after the president took power, egypt's fragile democracy is facing its first major test. >> for more, we go live to our correspondent in cairo. thousands of people are still out at tahrir square. what more can you tell us? >> yes, there have been at least 16 people injured in ongoing clashes. yes, tahrir square is packed with thousands of protesters that still converging on to the square from various points across cairo. dozens of civil society groups have called...
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key player is egypt. the country has a peace treaty with israel and is in position to exercise influence on hamas. last year's political revolution in egypt has created a new set of dynamics in the middle east. the former president hosni mubarak prioritized relations with the united states and israel. he regarded islamic forces as a threat. but current president mohamed morsi, who took office earlier this year, is more sympathetic to hamas and the palestinians. morsi formerly belonged to muslim brotherhood, and hamas is an offshoot of that organization. >> are negotiations happening behind the scenes as we speak? >> hamas leaders and the israeli envoy are set to be in cairo having indirect talks through egyptian negotiator. israel wants no determination in its time with egypt. u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon is scheduled to travel to cairo soon. and arab league secretary-general al arabi is set to go to gaza on tuesday. their mediation efforts are likely to have an impact on whether the fighting betwee
key player is egypt. the country has a peace treaty with israel and is in position to exercise influence on hamas. last year's political revolution in egypt has created a new set of dynamics in the middle east. the former president hosni mubarak prioritized relations with the united states and israel. he regarded islamic forces as a threat. but current president mohamed morsi, who took office earlier this year, is more sympathetic to hamas and the palestinians. morsi formerly belonged to muslim...
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there's talk of cease-fire negotiations in egypt and one report an israel enjoy flew to egypt to did you say cease -- discuss cease-fire. the last thing that could keep the tanks were rolling across the field. a major escalation in the next 24 to 48 hours. >> leeland, viewers will want to know the area you're in. you yourself have had to duck for cover. how safe are you at the moment? >> in many ways you're not safe from artillery, mortgagors or rockets but we're every day they're under fire from rockets. the only advantage we have on this side is we get the warning sirens sometimes. in the palestinians under threat from the israel air force don't have warning sirens. there's an element of danger. this is war and there's no question about that. while in some ways it's made to look surgical when you see the bombs coming in, laser guided, unfortunately civilians die on both sides. the rockets don't care what they hit. they enjoy hitting civilians and the jailers are -- israelis say they're trying to avoid hitting civilians. the casualties are inevitable. >> leland vitter with great sac
there's talk of cease-fire negotiations in egypt and one report an israel enjoy flew to egypt to did you say cease -- discuss cease-fire. the last thing that could keep the tanks were rolling across the field. a major escalation in the next 24 to 48 hours. >> leeland, viewers will want to know the area you're in. you yourself have had to duck for cover. how safe are you at the moment? >> in many ways you're not safe from artillery, mortgagors or rockets but we're every day they're...
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in egypt or suspected members of asia harvest the group attacked a police vehicle leaving at least three officers dead or thirties of cordoned off the city of el arish in north sinai in the tent to trap the gunman it was in august that egypt sent thousands of troops to the peninsula after militants carried out the deadliest attack on police in decades. or at her just shortly here coming up on r.t. we take a closer look at the roots of the occupy movement that's after a quick break certainly hoping you can stay with us. looters that takes your breath away few tourists travel to these parts no prepackaged comfort but they joy is the while these guaranteed if gainey is a zoology professor he works in the u.s. and travels to these remote areas in russia every summer as he says he can find untouched landscapes like these anywhere else in the world. we're going off the list below sea line. if i go wrong the wrong and surprising you'll go through the water and so we did our plan to get closer to the sea lion and shake its flipper field before before before. one animal whose par you definitely w
in egypt or suspected members of asia harvest the group attacked a police vehicle leaving at least three officers dead or thirties of cordoned off the city of el arish in north sinai in the tent to trap the gunman it was in august that egypt sent thousands of troops to the peninsula after militants carried out the deadliest attack on police in decades. or at her just shortly here coming up on r.t. we take a closer look at the roots of the occupy movement that's after a quick break certainly...
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i think what she should do is talk to the president of egypt. connell: i just want to throw in something that just crossed on the wires now. it is being reported that hamas official says they have agreed to and egyptian brokerage cease-fire. maybe something like that is getting done as we speak. >> i know it is getting discussed as we speak. the terms have to be very clear. we have to reach a point where both the capability and will of hamas to ever try anything like that again is eliminated. egypt is a key player because it does want to regain the leadership of the world. we must remember that the battle for supremacy and leadership in the middle east and muzzle world today is between two countries that are not even arab. iran is the packing of hamas. if turkey and egypt prevail, this will not just be an achievement of bringing peace and quiet to our region, this will signal the fact that iran has been defeated. then, we can turn to the real issue and real threat which is the iranian nuclear quest. dagen: thank you. you answered my question. it
i think what she should do is talk to the president of egypt. connell: i just want to throw in something that just crossed on the wires now. it is being reported that hamas official says they have agreed to and egyptian brokerage cease-fire. maybe something like that is getting done as we speak. >> i know it is getting discussed as we speak. the terms have to be very clear. we have to reach a point where both the capability and will of hamas to ever try anything like that again is...
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bear in mind, this is not the egypt of hosey you in barrack. the egyptian government now are muzz lum brotherhood, and israel is in a less-tenable negotiating position and they remain military strong but do they want to go in on the ground take hundreds of thousands of casualties? that they've within boehnered will cause them to lose the international support they have. it's one of those 50-50 chance things but it's looking like everybody is looking fair way out. the question is, in a region like this, is there a way out. >> schieffer: well allen pizzey, who always shows up in the worst place where's the workforce things are going on, thank you. cbs news correspondent charlie dag tais on the other side of the border in gaza. charlie, bring us up to speed. what is the situation like there. >> reporter: well, the mood here is extremely teps, and the biggest worry is this dangerous and unpredictable situation may be about to get worse. as we drove through the northern part gaza strip, we were shown a couple of bombed out buildings, and one looked
bear in mind, this is not the egypt of hosey you in barrack. the egyptian government now are muzz lum brotherhood, and israel is in a less-tenable negotiating position and they remain military strong but do they want to go in on the ground take hundreds of thousands of casualties? that they've within boehnered will cause them to lose the international support they have. it's one of those 50-50 chance things but it's looking like everybody is looking fair way out. the question is, in a region...
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and other countries should stay out of this and just live events take their course in egypt i think the egyptian people so far are doing fine and constraining this power grab well what do you think about that i mean she was grazed he was praising when he when he reigned in the army that's the first time in six decades since the king that you haven't had military control he got a lot of accolades from that and now people some people are jumping on him but i think he needs a little more time but it's i agree it's a very serious when you co-opt judicial review manger wipe out the judiciary and the legislature has been formed yet so yeah it looks like a pharaoh but i hope it's going to be temporary and he'll come through as as as obama has confidence in him you heard saw that interview where obama said he really enjoyed talking to of those five or six times on gaza he said he found that the guy spoke and thought like an engineer while he was trained by an engineer and there's nothing wrong with that so i think i think the americans as our colleague said from washington they will stay out of
and other countries should stay out of this and just live events take their course in egypt i think the egyptian people so far are doing fine and constraining this power grab well what do you think about that i mean she was grazed he was praising when he when he reigned in the army that's the first time in six decades since the king that you haven't had military control he got a lot of accolades from that and now people some people are jumping on him but i think he needs a little more time but...